Roberto Cueto

Roberto Cueto (15 March 1965-) was a Lieutenant of the US Marine Corps who fought in the Iraq War.

Biography
Roberto Cueto was born on 15 March 1965 in Laredo, Texas to a family of recent immigrants from Mexico. Cueto spoke English with a Mexican accent, and he was known as "Mexican Bob" by his soldiers. He enlisted in the US Marine Corps in 1986, and he was a veteran of Operation Just Cause and the Gulf War in 1989 and 1990-91, respectively. Cueto rose to the rank of Lieutenant, fighting in the Iraq War at the head of a squad that hunted down Iraqi insurgents. In 2007, his squad carried out Operation Osage under his command, and they successfully cleared the mosque of the terrorists. His squad later fought against Sunni insurgents in Baghdad, helping to capture a statue of Saddam Hussein in Saddam Square.